Midsized Cities Manufacturing Jobs - 2014 Best Cities Rankings

View the Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs 2014 List




2014  Mfg Rank - Midsized MSAs Area 2014 Weighted Manufacturing INDEX 2013 Mfg Employment (1000s) Mfg Growth 2012-2013 2014 Mfg Rank Change from 2013 - Midsized MSAs
1 Lafayette, LA 91.4          12.5 7.4% 2
2 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 90.8            9.2 7.4% 39
3 Mobile, AL 88.9          18.7 0.7% (2)
4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 86.3          24.0 3.0% 0
5 Provo-Orem, UT 85.2          18.5 5.9% 34
6 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 85.1          14.2 4.7% 7
7 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 83.5          23.7 2.4% 1
8 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 82.2          19.2 7.6% 34
9 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 81.7          69.2 4.2% 2
10 Fort Wayne, IN 80.9          34.9 4.2% 25
11 Baton Rouge, LA 80.5          27.8 3.3% (2)
12 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 77.2          16.0 6.0% 20
13 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 76.1            4.9 5.8% 65
14 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 75.6          24.1 1.3% (7)
15 Anchorage, AK 75.0            2.3 1.5% (9)
16 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 74.2          19.7 1.4% (4)
17 Toledo, OH 73.9          43.2 6.2% (1)
18 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 73.8          40.8 3.8% 5
19 Boulder, CO 72.8          17.2 1.8% (2)
20 Savannah, GA 72.1          15.2 1.6% (18)
21 Tulsa, OK 72.0          51.1 0.7% (16)
22 Reno-Sparks, NV 70.1          12.2 5.2% 45
23 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 69.2          21.7 2.5% (9)
24 Montgomery, AL 69.2          18.3 -0.2% 1
25 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metro Div 67.3          57.4 2.1% 15
26 Green Bay, WI 66.3          28.9 1.4% 0
27 Lincoln, NE 62.9          13.8 2.2% (5)
28 Reading, PA 62.9          30.0 0.9% (9)
29 Tacoma, WA Metro Div 62.6          17.2 2.4% 48
30 Boise City-Nampa, ID 61.0          24.4 1.5% 43
31 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 61.0            8.7 2.4% (3)
32 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 59.6          14.9 1.6% 17
33 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 59.5          12.1 0.3% (6)
34 Columbia, SC 59.4          28.3 1.2% (3)
35 Evansville, IN-KY 58.4          29.1 1.2% 3
36 Framingham, MA  NECTA Div 56.9          24.8 -0.4% (12)
37 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 56.6            5.8 1.8% 35
38 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 54.6          19.9 1.9% 7
39 Roanoke, VA 53.7          16.3 -0.6% (29)
40 Madison, WI 51.4          28.5 -0.1% 35
41 Spokane, WA 51.4          15.1 0.2% 35
42 Gary, IN Metro Div 50.9          35.4 -0.5% (24)
43 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 50.5          23.4 -4.5% (28)
44 Asheville, NC 49.6          18.7 0.2% (11)
45 Canton-Massillon, OH 49.4          26.8 -1.6% (8)
46 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 47.3            6.5 0.5% 9
47 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 47.0          20.4 0.5% 6
48 Akron, OH 46.0          40.0 -0.2% (14)
49 Knoxville, TN 44.7          31.5 -0.6% (19)
50 Modesto, CA 44.5          19.1 -0.5%  
51 Greensboro-High Point, NC 43.2          52.6 -0.9% (3)
52 Stockton, CA 41.9          17.4 2.2% 34
53 Springfield, MO 41.7          14.0 -0.5% 9
54 Chattanooga, TN-GA 41.6          29.9 -2.0% (25)
55 Peoria, IL 40.4          27.1 -4.8% (11)
56 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 40.2          18.3 0.9% 3
57 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 40.1          34.6 -0.9% (37)
58 Lexington-Fayette, KY 40.1          29.4 0.3% (1)
59 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 40.1          27.5 0.9% 4
60 Jackson, MS 39.1          16.6 -1.6% 5
61 Kansas City, KS 38.7          32.4 -1.8% (18)
62 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 38.7          19.9 1.0% (12)
63 Dayton, OH 38.1          41.3 -0.3% (11)
64 Corpus Christi, TX 37.3            9.8 -1.3% (28)
65 Lancaster, PA 37.3          35.5 0.0% (19)
66 El Paso, TX 35.6          17.5 -2.8% (45)
67 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 35.5          30.0 -0.3% (20)
68 Tucson, AZ 34.8          23.2 -0.6% (12)
69 Colorado Springs, CO 31.9          11.6 -0.3% 0
70 Springfield, MA-CT NECTA 31.8          30.9 -1.3% (16)
71 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 31.4          29.9 0.2% 13
72 Wichita, KS 30.2          51.5 -3.1% (14)
73 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA 29.5          33.6 -0.3% (2)
74 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 29.1          26.3 -0.9% 0
75 Ann Arbor, MI 29.1          13.8 -2.4% (7)
76 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA 28.1          12.4 -2.1% (16)
77 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 27.8          19.7 -4.2% (16)
78 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Div 26.4          18.4 -0.4% (27)
79 Huntsville, AL 25.7          22.8 -0.7% 11
80 New Haven, CT NECTA 25.6          25.5 -0.8% (10)
81 Winston-Salem, NC 25.2          19.8 -0.2% (2)
82 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 24.7          29.6 -0.4% 7
83 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 24.6          19.6 -0.7% (17)
84 Fresno, CA 24.4          22.0 -2.4% (2)
85 Worcester, MA-CT NECTA 23.5          23.6 -0.8% (4)
86 Baltimore City, MD 23.2          12.0 -1.4% (6)
87 York-Hanover, PA 22.3          30.8 -1.8% (23)
88 Syracuse, NY 16.4          24.1 -1.0% (5)
89 Tallahassee, FL 15.5            3.0 -6.3% (1)
90 Albuquerque, NM 13.7          16.7 -4.7% (5)
91 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 5.5            8.7 -5.5% 0
92 Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD 2.1            7.6 -6.2% (5)
Subjects: